Every February in California, the almond trees bloom, sparking a massive migration of commercial beekeepers to the Golden State. With box hives stacked high onto semi-truck trailers, they transport their honeybee colonies to almond orchards in the Sacramento and San Joaquin areas of California’s Central Valley, renting the little workers out to farmers. In recent decades, this practice has grown to become the largest managed pollination effort in the world, sometimes called the ‘Super Bowl of beekeeping.’
A tale of almonds and bees
Today in History
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It s National Hispanic Heritage Month
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Glendurgan Garden hedge maze is 186 years old
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We have liftoff!
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Big wheels on a big mountain
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Muir Woods National Monument anniversary
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Bowling Ball Beach in Mendocino County, California
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Construction workers resting above Manhattan
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A snuggling ball of cute
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A temple, preserved
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A truly American monument
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Take a hike near Lovers Lane
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Of balloons and lost pantaloons
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Rapa Valley in Sarek National Park, Sweden
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Diving into the underwater nirvana
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Southern right whales sail home to South Africa
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La Rocque Harbour, Island of Jersey
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Quiver trees, Keetmanshoop, Namibia
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Feelin groovy on Record Store Day
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Antarctica Day
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Llama Day
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Bridges to the past
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World Giraffe Day
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An aviation celebration
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World Frog Day
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Bournemouth beach huts
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Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona
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Here there be dragons
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A species no longer at risk
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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A most sincere pumpkin patch
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